Paperback edition of the latest thriller to feature Special Agent Faith Mitchell; who returns home to find that her baby daughter has been locked outside; and a strange man lies dead in a pool of blood. She is assisted by dyslexic detective Will Trent. Slaughter outsells Harlan Coben; Michael Connelly and Tess Gerritsen. 'Beautifully paced; appropriately grisly; terrifyingly plausible' }Time Out